When reviewing a gaming laptop or desktop, we run preset tests using several games, including Far Cry 5, Metro: Exodus and others, along with standard benchmarks such as 3DMark, which is designed to test a computer's 3D graphic-rendering capabilities.
For this list, we're ranking the laptops in descending order of 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra scores, but the real-world game scores (presented as the number of frames of animation per second the laptop can render) match these very closely. Note that these scores are specifically for the exact configurations of each laptop we tested, and almost all can be configured with a wide range of options.
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GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 6,337
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 6,228
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 5,719
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 5,330
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 5,299
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 5,003
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,667
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,642
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4548
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,472
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,464
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,330
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,262
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,235
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,106
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 4,102
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,954
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,938
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,851
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 1070 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,369
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 1070 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,435
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,431
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,413
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,342
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,066
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 3,362
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 2,716
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 2,657
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 2,593
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 2,318
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 2,259
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 1,899
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 1,873
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 1867
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 1,851
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 1,825
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 1,753
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti with Max-Q Design
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 1,641
GPU: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra: 1,627
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Rank | System Name | 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra score | Graphics card |
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1 | Alienware Area-51m | 6,337 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 |
2 | Origin PC Eon-17X | 6,228 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 |
3 | Origin PC Eon17X (2018) | 5,330 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 |
4 | Asus ROG Zephyrus GX701 | 5,299 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design |
5 | Origin PC EVO 16S | 4,667 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design |
6 | Lenovo Legion Y740-17 | 4,472 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design |
7 | Acer Predator Triton 500 | 4,642 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design |
8 | MSI GS75 Stealth 8SG | 4,464 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design |
9 | Origin Evo 15 | 4,262 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 |
10 | Acer Predator Helios 500 | 4,102 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 |
11 | Asus ROG Zephyrus M GM501 | 3,954 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 |
12 | Asus ROG Strix Scar II | 3,938 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 |
13 | Microsoft Surface Studio 2 | 3,893 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 |
14 | Lenovo Legion Y740-15 | 3,851 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q Design |
15 | Alienware m15 | 3,669 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design |
16 | Asus Zephyrus GX531GS | 3,435 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design |
17 | Razer Blade 15 | 3,431 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q |
18 | Digital Storm Equinox | 3,413 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q |
19 | MSI GS65 Stealth Thin | 3,342 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q |
20 | Razer Blade 15 (2019) | 3,362 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q Design |
21 | Lenovo Legion Y7000P-1060 | 2,716 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 |
22 | Asus ROG Strix Hero Edition GL503V | 2,657 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 |
23 | Razer Blade 15 RZ09-0270 | 2,593 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design |
24 | HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop (15-c0042nr) | 2,318 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
25 | Samsung Odyssey 850XAC | 2,259 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 |
26 | Lenovo Legion Y730-15 | 1,899 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
27 | Acer Nitro 5 | 1,873 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti |
28 | Dell G5 15 | 1,851 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
29 | Lenovo Legion Y530 | 1,825 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
30 | Asus ZenBook Pro 15 UX580G | 1,753 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti |
31 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme | 1,641 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti with Max-Q Design |
32 | Dell XPS 15 9575 2-in-1 | 1,627 | AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics |